The Shelves (formerly Proposal for a (Book)shelf) is a project space for participants of the Werkplaats Typografie for presenting work. The Shelves, a small niche, are located inside the meeting room of the school. Similar to many places in the WT building, this space is a platform for sharing research and producing work with an emphasis on peer critique.

This publication is an overview of The Shelves projects in 2012 – 2013.

The famous Dutch typographer and museum curator Willem Sandberg is portrayed by art historian Ank Leeuw Marcar through interviews compiled more than 30 years ago. Particularly focusing on the period from 1945-1970, during which Sandberg was quite active and passionate in both typographic forms and as director of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum, this thoroughly edited reprint of the original book closely examines his legacy and influence, its cultural aspects and roles of art historians and curators. His approaches to these topics remain relevant and challenging even today, offering new impulse in the discourse surrounding art and its place in an historic perspective.